In a sign of just how much the economy is hurting its traditional
customer base, Walmart finds itself going head-to-head with Target
for middle-income customers just as its lower-income clientele is
being lured away by an even cheaper option — the dollar store.

“If you go to the dollar stores, they’ve done a much better job of
offering food to the consumers,” Sozzi said, adding that a lot of
people who used to shop at Walmart “don’t have the money” to shop
there anymore.

But those lucky duckies who can’t afford to shop at Walmart don’t pay any federal income tax. Unfair.